Ron Moultrie Saunders
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RESUME

Education                   
2001    Frank Espada Portfolio Development Workshop, San Francisco, California
2000   Cole Weston Photography Workshop, Carmel, California
1998    Ruth Bernhard Photography Workshop, University of California San Francisco, California
1990    Mark Citret Photography Workshop, Yosemite National Park
1983    Debra Heimerdinger Workshop, DeYoung Museum School, San Francisco, California
1982    Masters of Landscape Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1979    Bachelor of Arts in Design of the Environment, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 
Art Commissions
2020    Southeast Health Center Expansion, San Francisco, California, San Francisco Arts Commission
2020   Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), Market Street Canopies, San Francisco, California
2019    Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), 19th Street Station, Oakland, California
2016    Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, San Francisco Arts Commission
2014    San Francisco Travel Association (formerly SF Convention and Visitors Bureau)
2013    San Francisco Public Library, Bayview Linda Brooks-Burton Branch, San Francisco Arts Commission,
            San Francisco, California, “Spirit and Nature Dancing Together” and “Symbiotic Relationships”
            San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Headquarters, San Francisco, California
            Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco Arts Commission, Southeast Community Facility
            VM Ware, Inc, Palo Alto, California and Dallas, Texas
            Alternate, Alameda County Arts Commission, San Lorenzo Public Library Expansion Project
2011    Laguna Honda Hospital, San Francisco, California, San Francisco Arts Commission,
2010   Alternate, Ashland Youth Center, Alameda County Arts Commission, Ashland, California
            Finalist, Hunter’s Point Shipyard Public Art Project, San Francisco, California
 
Solo Exhibits
2019    San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery Cafe Valor, San Francisco, CA, "Beneath My Skin Is The History of My Beauty"
2018    Sargent Johnson Gallery at AAACC, San Francisco, CA, "Beneath My Skin Is The History of My Beauty"
2014    Rayko Photo Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Artist-in-Residence Exhibit”
2013    San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, “The Secret Life of Plants”
2011     Krowswork Gallery, Oakland, California, “Passage”
2010    CordenPotts Gallery, San Francisco, California, “The Secret Life of Plants”
2007    Middle Collegiate Church, New York, New York, “Someday We’ll All Be Free”
             Schizandra Health Center, San Francisco, California “Seeds: The Secret Life of Plants”
 
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020   Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California, "Art of the African Diaspora"
            Ruth's Table, San Francisco, California, "Echoes of Bauhaus Photography Cast Long Shadows"
            Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California, "Art of the African Diaspora"
2019   George Lawson Gallery, Mill Valley, California, "Multiverse"
            Root Division, San Francisco, California, "Colorism: the spectrum of internalized bias"
            George Lawson Gallery, Emeryville, California, "Secret Lives"
            Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, California, "New York, New York"
            Arc Gallery, San Francisco, California, "48 Pillars"
            Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California, "Something Blue", Jurors: Ann Jastrab and Jan Watten

2018    Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, California, "Abstractions, A-Z"
            Museum of Northern California, Chico, California, "Silence Out Loud: African American Portraits"
            San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California, "Passport 10th Anniversary"
            Root Division, San Francisco, California, "17th Annual Benefit Art Auction"
            The Growlery, San Francisco, California, "Space is the Place: A San Francisco Funk Lesson"
2017    San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California, "With liberty and justice for some",            
            San Jose ICA, "Detritus", San Jose, CA, Curators: Kevin Chen, Lisa Ellsworth, Lordy Rodriguez
2016    Root Division, San Francisco, California,  “MFA Never”
            CordenPotts Gallery, San Francisco, California, “ReView: Seven Years at CordenPotts”
2015    Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco, “Hireath”, Curator: Rhiannon MacFadyen
             stArtup Art Fair, San Franicsco, CA, Jurors: Hank Willis Thomas, Janet Bishop, Heather Marx
2014    PHOTO Gallery, “Best of Botanicals” National Juried Exhibition”, Oakland, California: Honorable Mention
            City Arts Gallery, City College of San Francisco, “Art of the Digital”, Curator: Fran Valesco
            Rayko Photo Center, “International Plastic Camera Show”, Juried by: Ann Jastrab
2013    San Francisco Public Library, “Reflecting the Light”, Curator: Michael Ross
            San Francisco City Hall, Supervisor London Breed Office, “Mixed Collection”
            ArtPadSF, San Francisco, California, “Collections”
2012    Arc Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Four Squared”
            Sargeant Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California, “The Exodus. The Migration. The Stand.”
            Middlesex County College, Edison, New Jersey, “ Self:Scape”, Curator: Jen Blazina
            Rayko Photo Center,  “Created by Rayko Artists”, San Francisco, California
2011    3.9 Art Collective/Sirron Norris Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Still Here”
            The Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, Colorado, “The Art of Photography Today 2”
            Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California, “Fresh Work”
2010    Contemporary Modern Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Selections 2010”
             Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, “Art in Nature”, Juror: Kathy Moran
2009    San Pablo Arts Gallery, San Pablo, California, “Portrait of a New Millennium”
             Oakland Museum of California at City Center, Oakland, California, “Measure of Time”
             The Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California, “The Art of Living Black”
2008    Art94124 Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Heat + Light”
            June Steinhart Gallery at Laney College, Oakland, California, “Berkeley Digital 2.0”
2007    The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, “Alternative Processes”
             Barra, Inc., Berkeley, California, “3 Artists from Kala”
             Oakland Museum at Oakland International Airport, Oakland, California, “Open Wide”
2006    Berkeley City Hall, Berkeley, California, “Civic Center Competition”
             Radiant Light Gallery, Portland, Maine, “Self-Exposure: The Male Nude Self-Portrait”
             Common Wealth Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, “SCAR TISSUE:  FAST PAIN, SLOW HEALING”
             Women’s Cancer Resource Center, Oakland, California, “SNAP!”
             Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, California, “The Art of Living Black”, Guest Curator: Leroy W. Parker
2005    Clamp Art, New York, NY “Self-Exposure”
             SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Thirty Something”
             Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California, “The Art of Living Black: Selected Works”
             CBS Marketwatch, San Francisco, California, “Crossing Bridges”
2004    Museum of Contemporary Art at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California,
             “Contemporary Perspectives
 
Volunteer Experience
2015                  Shipyard Trust for the Arts (STAR), Board Member
2011- 2020       3.9Art Collective, San Francisco, California, Co-Founder, Board Member
2010- 2013       Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, California, Programming Committee Member
2008- 2010      Art 94124 Gallery, San Francisco, California, Co-Founder
1992- 1994       LEAP (Learning and Education Arts Program), San Francisco, California, Board Member
 
Teaching Experience
2019                 Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, California
2015                 Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, California
2008, 2011       Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California, Photography Instructor
2005- 2007     University of California Extension Berkeley, San Francisco, California, Guest Lecturer
2001                 Crissy Field, Golden Gate National Park, San Francisco, California, Photography Instructor
1997-1998        Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California Environmental Arts Summer Program,
                          Co-developer of “arts” program for disadvantaged youths.
 
Residency
2014- 2015      Shipyard Trust for the Arts, San Francisco, California
2014                 Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, California
2002 - 2011     Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California
 
Publications and Reviews                   
2015    Anita Katz, SF Examiner, “Hunter’s Point Shipyard Artists”, April 22
2013    Alexis Coe, SF Weekly, “Recent Acquisitions: New Photograms Speak to Bayview”, March 15
2011     DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, “Passage”, February 16
2010    Cristina Franzoni, ZOOM, “Vision America”, July-August.
             Harry J. Johnson, RWM, DeWitt Cheng, ArtBusiness.com,“Selections 2010” January 14
2008    DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, “Measure of Time”
 
Published Artwork
2016     INPHA 3 (International Photography Annual), Manifest Press
2013     7x7 Magazine San Francisco, “The Best of San Francisco”, Bookeeper: Bayview Public Library
2010     W. Gary Smith, “From Art to Landscape: Unleashing Creativity in Garden Design”,
             Timber Press
2005     Reed Massengill , “Self-Exposure : The Male Nude Self Portrait”, an anthology, Rizzoli Publications
1986     Woodson, Jr., LeRoy and others, “Roadside Foods”, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Publishers, Inc.
 
Awards
2019     San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant
2017     San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant
2007    The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, “Alternative Processes”,
             Juror: Elizabeth Spungen, The Print Center, Philadelphia, Finalist
1997     International World Heritage Photo Competition sponsored by UNESCO, Honorable Mention
 

 
 
 


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